Edith Bowman
Scottish radio DJ and television presenter
As a nice person who always put others before myself. I’d also like my own posthumous tartan.
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Originally asked
Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
As someone who loved the ideals of American democracy and made my small contribution to it.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2019 source ↗
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Meera Syal
British writer and actress
Often, with laughter.
Philippa Perry
Psychotherapist and author
It’s probably a bit of an ask, but I’d like my latest book to stay in print. For ever.
As a decent human being.
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View profile →After the war, when I was about nine, we were held up in our home. The robbers grabbed my father and had a gun at his throat. It was terrifying. My mother got a wad of money and gave it to the people, and they ran away.
I don’t know about perfect, but a creamy scoop of green-tea ice cream comes fairly close.
I went overboard on the money I invested in the production of Allegiance. It did not return, but it was fulfilling that I was able to tell a story that’s dear.
Barbra Streisand’s Evergreen from A Star Is Born or You’ll Never Walk Alone from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel.
As a teenager I told my father, “You led us into the camp like sheep to slaughter.” I knew I had hurt him, this man that I loved so much. That’s haunted me all my life.
Impatience and temper. Enough already!
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